All About Clinical Depression

Depression, a mental illness that is often characterized by prolonged periods of sadness and melancholy, experts from the field of psychiatry say.

But just because a person is filled with hate and hating people around him or her, doesn't mean him/her is already depression, it's a behavior shows that he/her is feeling emptiness, hopeless, loss of self-worth and definitely have no hope for his/her future, then, yes, this person is indeed, depressed.

There are various types of depression, from Manic or Bipolar depression - one person could frequently have extreme changes in one's mood within. (ex. Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall) studies however, prove that more people actually fall in to depression during Winter and Fall seasons, wherein a person's mood may change from happy to angry or sad in very short time.

Clinical depression however, or as some might call as 'major' depression, is actually the medical term for depression. Clinical depression is more like a disorder instead of an illness, it covers only those who have symptoms related to depression. Clinical depression is how doctors usually refer to "depression" when giving a diagnose of their patient. It's basically just a medical term.

However, clinical depression is possible to be cured. Doctors are very confident that their patients who are actually suffering from Clinical depression will be treated and become good mental health if they treated as soon as they have been diagnosed with Clinical depression. Patients who have looking for treatment for clinical depression have proven to be successful in their quest, 80 percentage of patients who have been treated for clinical depression are cured or found relief from their disorder.

For those who may be seeking some answers for their Clinical depression related questions, the depression section of the health center is highly recommended, as well as books on psychiatry and the internet - which can offer a lot of helpful information with regards to Clinical depression although self-medication/treatment is highly disapproved of. Clinical depression may not pose as much as a threat as the other types of depression, but it is best to leave it to the hands of professionals who can safely attend to and cure this disorder.